40 running Projects // 357 Projects in total

• Decentralised micro biogas plants ("micro-biogas") Development of transferable concepts of sustainable biogene residue and waste materials usage for micro-biogas production in villages and rural areas.

  The project "micro-biogas" aims to develop transferable concepts of sustainable usage of biogene residue and waste materials for micro-biogas production in villages and rural areas. Technical concepts and feasibility studies [...] More

• New Target Groups for the Blue Angel Eco-Labelling Scheme

  The Blue Angel faces a further changing environment: competition with other labels increases and the label's visibility on retailers' shelves declines. Against this background, the expertise aims to develop proposals for the [...] More

• Effects of self-consumption and grid parity of photovoltaic systems

  Many actors in the photovoltaic (PV) industry often proclaim the forthcoming “grid parity” as an important moment in the market development of PV. However, the exact meaning of this terminus and its potential effects on [...] More

• Value added and employment creation of renewable energies in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2010 and 2030

  The IÖW develops in conjunction with the Center for Technology and Society (CTS), TU Berlin, and Rostock Energie-Umwelt-Beratung e.V./Institut (EUB) as part of a scientific study, a mission statement for "Mecklenburg-Western [...] More

• Value added and employment effects of wind energy in Baden-Wuerttemberg in the years 2010 and 2020

  Greenpeace commissioned the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW, Berlin) to determine value added and employment effects of wind energy (onshore) in Baden-Wuerttemberg for the years 2010 und 2020. Additionally, the [...] More

• Bioeconomy – Comment on the statement of the BioEconomy Council

  The BioEconomy Council has presented a study which deals with the perspectives and the action approaches to promote bio-economy. The basic orientation of bio-economy is that a fundamental change from the use of non-renewable [...] More

• SPICOSA (Science and Policy Integration for Coastal System Assessment)

  The overall objective of SPICOSA is to develop a self-evolving, holistic research approach for integrated assessment of Coastal Systems so that the best available scientific knowledge can be mobilized to support deliberative [...] More

• Stakeholder Dialogues: Adaptation to Climate Change

  Six stakeholder dialogues are conducted that aim at discussing challenges resulting from climate change and possible adaptation strategies. The dialogues are organised on different topics such as coastal areas (May 2009), [...] More

• Literature Review: Biomimetics in Economics and Business

  The project aims to investigate the current state of the art of biomimetic applications in economic sciences. Therefore, relevant literature will be reviewed and summed up. Suggestions for prospective biomimetic activities [...] More

• Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess)

  Environmental burdens due to the extraction and use of resources, the related emissions and the disposal of waste lead directly to ecological and subsequently also social and economic problems. Insecurity of supply, a [...] More

• Evaluation of heating surveys from a campaign of CO2online Target groups and buildings, consumer satisfaction and effect of the measure

  Based on a short questionaire and the last heat cost billing CO2online compiles heating surveys for landlords and lodgers. Due to the heat cost billing and the reply of the questionaire, the heating survey includes [...] More

• Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development

  The aim of the study is to: define sustainable development (and in particular the integration of economic, social and environmental objectives) in the context of Cohesion Policy, which will remain primarily an economic and [...] More

• Investments of Germany's four big energy companies in the field of renewable energies - update 2010

  The big four German energy suppliers - E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW - are also committed to developing renewable energies. This impression is at least supported by television commercials, billboards and other marketing [...] More

• Concept of a product-related toprunner model on EU level

  The eco-design of products gets increasing importance. Also on EU-level, it is to a large extent agreed that environmental regulation with dynamic standards is needed which gives strong incentives for resource-efficient [...] More

• Energy-efficient modernisation of the housing stock of detached and semi-detached houses (Enef house)

  Domestic space heating and hot water account for over a quarter of final energy requirements in Germany. An energy-efficiency refurbishment of buildings could reduce this energy consumption and the related CO2 emissions by up [...] More